Sunday, January 15, 2012

Yuan Zi Huan Huan

PARIS (AP) — Two giant pandas have arrived from China aboard a special plane and are heading to their new home amid the chateaux of central France.

(Huffington Post)

Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport in France.

(Business Wire)

The arrival of Huan Huan and Yuan Zi will mark the first time in more than 10 years that giant pandas will reside in France. We are honored to lend our expertise and capabilities in welcoming the arrival of the pandas to France said Gerald P.

(TMCnet)

Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, aged three, touched down at Charles de Gaulle Airport at around 1100 GMT before being escorted to their new home in Frances Loire Valley, accompanied by a Republican Guard motorcade normally reserved for heads of state.

(MoneyControl.com)

CHINA, Chengdu: A photo taken on Jan 13, 2012 shows pandas Yuan Zi (left) and Huan Huan in their quarantined enclosure at the Panda Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

(Malay Mail)

Negotiations had been going on for long. Yuan Zi and Huan Huan travelled on a special Boeing 747 from the Sichuan province to Charles de Gaulle airport, where the French zoo keepers took them.

(AGI Online)

A FedEx Boeing 777 aircraft taxis on the runway carrying two giant pandas bound for France at Chengdu airport, on January 15. Yuan Zi and Huan Huan left early Sunday to their new home at the Beauval zoo in France.

(Big Hollywood)

Yesterday, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi received a state welcome as they landed in Paris on a similar 10-year loan to France from China in a diplomatic gesture aimed at strengthening ties between the countries.